Vol 66 No 4 | NIGERIA Rivals tussle for Benin Bronzes 21st February 2025 The opening of the Museum of West African Art (MOWAA) in Edo State’s Benin City won plaudits. But few noticed the absence of the objects it was designed...
Vol 62 No 14 | NIGERIA A last bid for oil investors 8th July 2021 After 20 years of politicking, the National Assembly has passed a landmark law to reform the country’s oil and gas industry Reaction to the passage of the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB) 2020 through the Senate and House of Representatives on 30 June veered from relief in government, quiet excitement...
Vol 45 No 18 | NIGERIA On the bribe trail 10th September 2004 Questions are mounting about the involvement of United States' oil services company Halliburton in the distribution of US$180 million of allegedly corrupt payments on a $10 billion gas...
Vol 47 No 21 | NIGERIA All for one, not yet 20th October 2006 Under threat of corruption charges, state governors are losing their political nerve As the net closes in on those state governors accused of corruption and fraud, President Olusegun Obasanjo's position has strengthened markedly against his Vice-President Atiku Abubakar and most...
Vol 39 No 7 | NIGERIA Not Alaafin matter 3rd April 1998 The detention at London's Gatwick airport on 24 March of the Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi, and his family after it was claimed that drugs valued at...